26 players came to battle on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, with 10 making their final stand in Season 12. The final table was reached fairly quickly with the blinds at 200/400/50. Troy Soult entered the final table as the chip leader. Sheng Xie, Michael “Gordo” Gordon, and Eric Grady were bunched together with middle sized … Read more
This week getting to the final table was only 5 bust outs away as the tournament started with only 14 players. With our tournament 16 1st place finisher two weeks ago, Robert Astarita’s 10th place final table bubble bust out on the last hand before the lunch break we came back from lunch to the final table … Read more
Another sunny, but cool, day at Tara Hills in San Pablo brought 21 players to contend for Vegas seats as our 12th season is nearing its end. There are several players who are consistently making the final table. In fact, this final table had 5 players who have final tabled in at least 2 of … Read more
27 lively players showed up in Foster City for Event 15 on Saturday, searching for a WSOP seat, with six spots earning points. The following players made it to the final table: Jeanne Massuda- 7th place Gilbert Amparo-8th place Dennis Koeller-9th place Sandi Sarmiento- 6th place Cathi Seferi-5th place Christine LaMonaca- 4th place Sheng Xiu- … Read more
36 players showed up to do battle at Event 14. Even with the bulk of the season in the rear window, there are still dozens of players in the running for a 2018 WSOP package. Nine spots earned points in Event 14. Cathy Seferi finished 9th and earned 2 points, Rod Flora finished 8th and … Read more
For the third tournament in a row, 31 players battled for points in Foster City. This was the first tournament directed by Cathy Seferi. Ricky Flora finished on-the- bubble. Ryan Drake had bet 4,200. But after Ricky went all-in and Bharad Parthasarathy called, Ryan folded. I did not make note of the hands… But I … Read more
For the second tournament in a row, 31 players showed up to do battle in Foster City. Again 7 spots with points were up for grabs. The final 7 played out comparatively quickly in just over an hour. Bharad was looking for back-to-back wins and Haisam was looking for his second win of the season … Read more
Here’s a quick re-cap of event 10. We’re half way through the season and although there is still plenty of time to rack up points and win a seat in Vegas, we are now starting to see some of the top contenders making moves to solidify their seats. We had a turn-out of 24 players … Read more
A larger than usual crowd for La Quinta-Dublin came out to test their poker skills as we are almost halfway through the season. The final total was 28 and it was going to pay 6. Many of us have not been around since the beginning of Piranha Poker, so it was a nice surprise to … Read more
The Jay-Z song was definitely on for Arkady Glazman who took down first place at Tournament 8. Arkady outlasted 33 other players in taking down 55 points as he looks to once again represent Piranha at the WSOP (having won a seat in Season 5). It looked to be an exciting tournament as we started … Read more